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Technical  and  Bibliographic  Notes/Notes  techniques  et  bibliographiques 


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etc..  cnt  it*  filmies  d  nouveau  de  facon  a 
obtenir  la  meilleure  image  possible. 


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Th«  copy  filmad  h«r«  has  b««n  raproducad  thanks 
to  tha  ganarosity  of: 

Department  of  Rare  Booki 
and  Special  Collections, 
McGill  University,  Montreal. 

Tha  Imagas  appaaring  hara  arm  tha  bast  quality 
possibia  considaHng  tha  cof?dition  and  lagibiiity 
of  tha  original  copy  and  in  kaaping  with  tha 
filming  contract  spacifications. 


Original  copiaa  in  printad  papar  covars  ara  filmad 
boginning  with  tha  front  covar  and  anding  on 
tha  last  paga  with  a  printad  or  llluatratad  impraa- 
sion,  or  tha  back  covar  whsn  appropriata.  All 
othar  original  copiaa  ara  filmad  baginning  on  tha 
first  paga  with  a  printad  or  iilustratad  Impraa- 
sion,  and  anding  on  tha  laat  paga  with  a  printad 
o?  llluatratad  Impraaaion. 


Tha  laat  racordad  frame  on  aach  microflcha 
shall  contain  tha  symbol  —^(moaning  "CON< 
TINUED"),  or  tha  symbol  V  (maaning  "END"), 
whichavar  appliaa. 

Maps,  plataa.  charts,  ate.  may  ba  filmad  at 
diffarant  laductlon  ratios.  Thoaa  too  larga  to  ba 
antlroly  includad  in  ona  axposura  ara  filmad 
baginning  in  tha  upp>ar  laft  hand  comar.  laft  to 
right  9nd  top  to  bottom,  as  many  framaa  aa 
raquirad.  Tha  following  diagrams  illustrata  tha 
mathod: 


L'axamplaira  filmi  fut  raproduit  grica  i  la 
gintrositi  dm: 

Departnoftnt  ci  Rare  Books 

and  Special  Collections, 

McGiil  University,  Montreal. 

Las  imagaa  suivcntae  ont  Ati  raproduitas  svac  la 
plus  grand  soin,  compta  tanu  da  la  condition  at 
da  la  nattat*  dm  l'axamplaira  film«.  at  an 
conformitd  avac  las  conditions  du  contrat  da 
filmaga. 

Ua  axamplaJraa  originaux  dont  la  couvartura  an 
papiar  aat  imprim^  sont  fllmte  an  commandant 
par  la  pramiar  plat  at  an  tarminant  soit  par  la 
darniara  paga  qui  comporta  una  smprainta 
d'Impraaaion  ou  d'illustration,  soit  par  im  sacond 
plat,  salon  la  cas.  Toua  laa  autraa  axamplacras 
originaux  sont  filmis  an  commanpant  par  la 
pramiAra  paga  qui  comporta  una  amprainta 
d'Imprasslon  ou  d'illuatration  at  an  turminant  par 
la  darniira  paga  qui  comporta  una  talla 
ampraJnta. 

Un  daa  symboiaa  suivants  apparaftra  sur  la 
damiAro  imega  dm  chaqua  microflcha,  salon  la 
caa:  la  symbola  — »■  signifia  "A  SUIVRE",  la 
symboU^  y  signifia  "FIN". 

Laa  cartaa.  planchas.  tablaaux,  ate,  pauvant  dtra 
fllmte  A  das  taux  da  rMuction  diff Grants. 
Lorsqua  la  documant  aat  trcp  grand  pour  itra 
raprociuit  an  un  saul  clich*.  il  aat  film«  i  partir 
da  I'angia  supiriaur  gaucha.  da  gaucha  I  droita, 
at  da  haut  an  baa.  vn  pranant  la  nombra 
d'ImagvM  nteaasaira.  Laa  diagrammas  suivants 
illuatrant  la  m^thoda. 


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Illinois,  Jiiiil'  22,   1SS4.  \ 

7V*    //Is     l.nrdslilp    /^vik/i,    .\n/i/>is//i)f>    nf 
7'i>riiiiti> : 

My  Lokd:  'I'Ik-  utli  inst.,  I  promised 
to  answer  vour  letter  of  llie  1  ith,  addressed 
to  the  Re\ .  Moderator  and  to  the  Ministers 
of  the  General  Asseinblv  of  the  Presby- 
terian Chureh.  I  eome,  to-tlav,  to  fultil 
mv  promise,  with  the  help  of  (iod. 

I  had  ae.cused  vour  i-hurch  to  lielie\e 
and  say  that  she  has  received  from  (Jod 
the  power  to  kill  us  poor  heretics,  f  said 
that  if  yon  do  not  slauj^hter  us,  to-day,  in 
Canada  and  elsewhere,  it  is  only  because 
you  are  not  stronj^  enou!j;h  to  do  it.  I 
said,  also,  that  where  the  Roman  Catholic- 
feel  strong  enougli,  they  do  not  tiiisik  it  a 
sin  to  heat,  stone  or  kill  us  when  ihev  can 
do  it  without  any  'danger  to'  their  own 
precious  lives. 

1  said  that  xour  best  theologians  teach 
that  lieretics  do  not  deserve  to  live,  and 
that  \t)iu"  great  Saint  'I'homas  Acpiinas, 
whom  \()ur  clun'i'ii  lias  latelv  put  among 
"the  Holy  Fathe"s,  "  jKisitively  declares 
that  one  of  the  most  sacied  rights  and 
duties  of  your  churcli  is  to  deliver  the 
heretics  into  the  hands  of  the  secuhu' 
powers  to  be  exterminated.  .  . 

As  I  expected,  you  have  hra\el_\'  denied 
what  I  said  on  that  subject.  In  vour  reply, 
you  complain  that  the  cjuotations  I  made  of 
St.  Thomas,  on  that  suliject,  are  not  correct. 

Here  is  m\  answer  to  \ou)-  denegations. 
I  h;n  e  the  works  of  St.  Thomas  just  now 
on  my  table.  I  will  copy  word  for  worti 
what  he  says  in  Latin,  and  translate  it  into 
plain  f^nglisli,  respectfii!l\'  asking  \our 
loritship  to  tell  the  '^anadian  people 
whether  or  not  u^\  tran-      .ion  is  correct: 

"  Qiianquam  ha-ritit  i  tolerandi  non  sunt 
ipso  illorum  demerito,  usipie  tamen  iid 
sccundam  correptionem  expectandi  sunt  ut 
ad  sanam  redeant  Kcclesiasia'  tidenL  Qin 
vero,  jiost  •-ecuiulam  corre}itionem,  in  suo 
errore  obstinati  permanent,  iion  motlo  e\- 
communicationis  -entcntia.  seii  etiam  siv- 
cularilnts  princi]iibus  exterininandi  trailendi 
sunt." 

TR  \\.>L  \  rioN. 

"  Though  heretics  must  not  be  tolerat<a|^ 
because  the\  deser\ed  it.  we  must  bear 
with  them  till,  by  a  second  admonition, 
they  m;iy  he  brought  back  to  the  faith  of 
the  Church,  ihit  tliose  who.  after  a  second 
admonition,  leniain  obstinate  in  their  er- 
rors, nuist  not  only  be  excommunicated, 
but  tbiy  nuisr  he  delivered  to  ihe  secular 
power  to  be  exterminated."  (St.  'l'lu)mas 
Aquinas,  4th  \ ..  page  </). ) 

At  the  page  <>i,  he  says:  ■■  'Jliough  here- 
tics who  repent  must  always  be  acceptetl  to 
penance  a-  often  as  the\    liave  fallen,   thev 


•  nuist  not,  in  consetiuence  of.  that,  always 
be  jiermitted  to  enjo\  the  benefits  of  this 
life.     .     .     .  •  When    they    fall    again,   they 

are  admittetl  to  repent 

Hut  the  ..entence  of  ileath  must  not  be 
removed."     (St.  'I'homas,  v.  4,  jiage  yi.) 

Your  lordshiivhas  the  just  reputation  to 
bt  an  ex)>ert  man.  \ o\\  then  know  that, 
in  such  solemn  (piestions  as  are  discussed 
just  now,  the  ti-.tii'iu)ny  of  only  one  wit- 
ness does  not  suHice  1  will  then,  gi\e  you 
another  testimony  to  prove  the  unpalatable 
truths  which  I  proclaimed  in  the  presence 
of  the  (ieneral  Assend)l\  f)f  the  Presbyter- 
ian Church  of  Canada,  \i/:  That  we  poor 
heretics  are  condemned  to  death,  and  are 
declared  unworthy  to  live  side  by  side  with 
our  Roman  Catholic  neiglibors.  That  tes- 
timony will,  no  il(nibt,  be  accepted  as  good 
and  sutficient  by  the  people  of  Canada,  if 
not  by  you,  since  it  is  the  testimon\  of  \-our 
own  infallible  chiu'ch,  speaking  through 
the  Council  of  the  Lateran,  held  in    IJ15: 

■•■  We  excomnumit-ate  and  anathematize 
e\eryhe«-esy  that  exalts  itself  against  the 
holy  orthodox  and  Catholic-  faith,  con- 
demning all  iberetics,  by  whatever  name 
the\  may  be  know  n  for  though  their  faces. 
differ,  they  are  tied  together  h\  their  tails. 
Such  as  are  condemned  are  to  be  delivered 
()\er  to  the  existing  secidar  powers,  to  re- 
i'ei\e  due  punishment.  If  la\ men,  their 
goods  must  be  confiscated.  If  priests,  thev 
shall  be  degraded  from  their  respective  or- 
ders and  tluir  property  applied  to  the  use 
of  the  church  in  which  they  officiated. 
Seculal'  powers  of  all  ranks  and  degrees 
are  to  be  w  arned,  induced,  anil  if  necessary, 

■  conij^elled  by  ecclesiastiial  censures,  to 
swear  that  the\  will  exert  tiiemseUes  to 
the  utmost  in  tlie  defense  of  the  faith,  and 
extirpate  all  heretics  denounced  b\  the 
church  who  shall  be  found  in  their  terri- 
tories. And  whenever  any  person  shall 
assume  government,  w  hether  it  be  spiritual 
or  tempo.ial,  he  shall  be  bound  to  abide  by 
this  tlecree. 

"  If  any  temjioral  lord,  after  ha\  ing  been 
admonislied  and  rec|uired  b\  the  ihurch, 
shall  neglect  to  clear  his  territory'  of  here- 
tical depravity,  the  Metropolitan  and  Bis- 
hop of  the  province  shall  unite  in  excom- 
municating him.  Shoidd  he  remain  con- 
tuniiicious  a  whole  year,  the  fact  -hall  lie 
signified  to  the  Supreme  Pontiff,  w  ho  shall 
declare  his  vassals  released  frf)m  their  al- 
legiance from  that  time,  and  will  bestow 
his  territory  on  Cafholii-s,  to  he  occupied 
In  them,  on  the  condition  :)f  exti'rminating 
1  le  heretii's  and  jireserving  the  saiti  terri- 
tory in  the  faith. 

"Catholics,  who  shall  as.  -me  the  cross 
for  the  extermination  of  heretics,  -hall  en- 
joy the  same  indulgences  and  be  protecteil 
by  the  same  privilege..;  as  are  granted  by 
those  who  go  to  the  help  of  the  Holy  Land. 
We  decree  further,  that  all  who  ma\  have 
dealings  with  heretics,  and  especially  suih 


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that,  iilways 
K'tits  of  this 
a^aiii,  they 

mist  not  be 
.  ixigeyi.) 
(.piitution  to 

know  that, 
re  diseiissed 
ily  one  wit- 
en,  .ij;iN  e  yon 

impalatable 
he  presence 
e  Preshyter- 
lat  we  poor 
itii,  and  are 
by  side  with, 
i. '  Tliat  tes- 
)ted  as  tjjood 
f  Canada,  if 
i()n\  of  \()ur 
ng  throuj^h 
d  in  IJ15: 
natheniatize 

ajiainst  the 

faith,  eon- 
tever  name 
h  their  faces 
,•  their  tails, 
he  delivered 
iwers,  to  re- 
ynien,  tiieir 
jiriests,  they 
ispective  or- 
I  to  the  use 
V  officiated, 
md  dejrrees 
if  necessary, 
censures,  to 
emsei\es  to 
e  faitli,  and 
ced    h\    tlie 

their  terri- 
lerson  shall 
t  be  spiritual 

to  abide  by 

ha\  intr  l)eun 
the  tliiux'li, 
)r\'  of  here- 
in and  His- 
in  excoin- 
"eniain  con- 
icl  Nhall  be 
ff,  wlio  shall 
ni  their  al- 
witl  bestow 
)e  occupied 
[terminating" 
e  saiti  terri- 

le  the  cros?; 
c<,  <hal!  en- 
be  protecteil 
tyrant ed  by 
I  loly  LaiuL 
10  n)a\  ha\e 
eciallv  such 


as    receive,   defend,   and  encou.ra,;j;e    them, 
shall  be  exconnnvmicated.     He  siiall  not  be 
elij;ible  to  an V  public  otiice.     He  shall  not 
be"idmitted  as  a  w  itness.     1  le  shall  neither 
have  power  to    bequeath    his    i)ropetly    by 
will,  nor    to    succeed    to    any    inheritance.    | 
I  le  shall  not  brinj?  any  action   aj^ainst  any    , 
person,    but     any    oiie    can    bring    ution    1 
aifuinst    him.     Should    he    be  a  judge,    his    | 
ticcision  shall  have  no  force,  nor     hall  any    j 
cause  be  brought  before   him.     Should    he    | 
be  an   advocate,  he   shall  not  be  allowed  .0    | 
plead.     Should  he    be  a  lawyer,  no    instru- 
ments made  bv  him  shall  be  held  valid,  but    | 
shall  be  condemned  with  their  autho  •."  _        i 

I  could  give  voii  thousands  of   other  in- 
fallible documents  to  show    the  exactness 
of  what  [  said  of  the  savage,  anti-social,  anti- 
Cliristian,  and  bloody  law  s  of  your  Chm-ch,    , 
in  all   ages,    against"  the    heretics,  but   the    I 
short  lin"its  of  a  letter  make  it  impossible,    i 
Those  proofs  are  fullv    given    in  my    book, 
"  Kiftv    Years  in   the  Church    of    Rome," 
whicli  is  now  published. 

I  suppose  vou  will  answer  me,  "  Have 
not  heretics  also  passed  svicb  bloody  law  si" 
Yes,  thev  have  passed  such  cruel  laws; 
but  thev"  have  borrowed  them  from  you. 

Wheii  those  nations  came  out   from   the 
dark    dcmgeons  of   I'opery,  they  could  not 
see  the  light,  at   first,  in  its  fulness  and    in    ; 
all  its  beaut  v.     It  took    some    time   before    . 
thev  could  cure  tlieinselve>  fr<nn  the  putrid    ' 
lepi-osv  which   centuries  of   life  inside   the    j 
walls  'of  the  modern  Babylon   had  engen- 
dered everywhere.      Hut  you  know  as  well 
as  I  do  tha"t  these  remnatits  of  Popery  have 
been  repudiated  more    than  a  century   ago 
bv  all  the  Christian  chm-ches.     Kvery  year 
since  it  has  been  my  privilege  to  be  a  Pres- 
byterian,   I    have    "heard   a    constant     and 
unanimous    protest   against   those    laws  of 
blood  and  persecutions.     They  are  kept  in 
our  records  only  as  a  meiuorandum  of  the 
bottomless    abyss    into    which    the    people 
were  living  when   submitted  to  the    Pope. 
Tkit  vou  know  well,  my  lord,  that  all  those 
laws'of  blood   and  death   have   been   sanc- 
tioned in  your  last  Council  of  the   Vatican 
in   your   Church.     It    was    declared,    then, 
that  you  are' forever  danmed  if  you   have 
any  doubt  about  the  rights  and  the  duty  of 
vo'ur   Church    to   punish    the    heretics   by 
bodily  punishment. 

Hut,  my  lord,  let  us  forget,  for  a  moment, 
the  numberless  and  undeniable  proofs 
which  1  might  bring  to  the  remembrance 
of  your  lordship,  to  make  you  blush  for 
having  denied  what  1  had  "said  about  the 
unmanly  un-Christian  principles  which 
regulate  the  Roman  Catholic  Church  to- 
ward the  Prot<.?.tants,  when  you  have  your 
opportunitv .  'J'he  pro\  idence  of  (i()«.i  has 
just  put  me  in  possession  of  a  fact  too  pub- 
lic to  be  ignored  or  denied  even  by  you. 

Yin\  know  how  the  Roman  C^  Uholics  of 
Quebec'  ha\e  given  the  lie,  with  a  \en- 
geance  to  yoiu-  denials.  \'ou  know  how 
more  than  .\(K)t)  good  Romar.  Catholics 
came  with  sticks  and  stones  to   kill  me,  the 


17th  of  this  month,  because  1  had  preached 
in    a    Presbsterian    Church    on     the     text, 
"Whatnuiit  1  do   to   ha\  e    eternal    life  .=  " 
More  than  one  hundred  stones  struck  me, 
and    if  1  had    not    providentially    had    two 
hea\  v  cloth  overcoats,  one   to   j.rotect  my 
shoulders   and  the  other    put   around    the 
head  to  weaken   the   force  and   the    weight 
of  tliose  stones,  1  would   siu-ely    ha\  e   been 
killed  on  the  spot.     Hut  though  1  was  pro- 
tected   bv   those   overcoats.   m\    head  anil 
shoulders  are  still  as  a  jelly  and  cause  me 
great  suffering.     A  kind  friend,  M  r.  Zotique 
lA'febvre,  H.  C.  L.,  who  heroically  put  him- 
self between    my    would-be  nuu-derers  and 
me.  to  protect   iuy  life  at  the   risk   of    his 
ow  n.  came  out   from   the    broken    carriage 
with  six  bleeding  wounds  on  bis  face. 

I'he  cit\  of  (iuebec  is  known    to  be  the 
most    Roman    Catholic    city    in    .Xnierica, 
and  perhaps  in    the    whole    world,    without 
excepting  Rome  itself.     Its  population  has 
the    weli-earned    reputation    to    be    moral, 
peaceful,  respectable,  and  religious,  as  they 
understand  those  words  among  the  Rom;ui 
Catholics.       The    people    who    stoned    me 
were   not  a  gatiiering  of   a   low-bred    mod; 
it     was    composed   of     well-dressed     men, 
many  with  gold  spectacles;  itwasnotcom- 
pose"d  of  drunkards;  there  was  not  a  single 
drunken  man  >cen  by  me  there;  they  were 
not,  of  course,  w  hat  is  called  "  liberal  Cath- 
olics. "  for  those  "liberal  Catholics,"  though 
I    born  in  the  Church  of    Rome,    have  a   str- 
I    preme  contempt  for  the  dogmas,  practices, 
and  teachings  of  the  priests.     Those  -ilibe- 
j    ral  Catholics"  who,  thanks  be  to   (iod,  are 
1    fast  increasing,  are  only  nominally  Catho- 
!    lies       thev    remain     there     because    their 
'    fathers  aiid  mothers  were  so:  because,  also, 
thev   want    to  attract    the  people    to   their 
stores,  sell  their  pills,  or  desire  to  be  e*  'cted 
to  such  and  such  otHces  by  the  iiiHueuceof 
the  priests.     They  laugh  lit  your  mitre,  for 
they  know  it  is  nothing  but  the  old  bonnets 
of  the  priests  of  Hacchus,  representing  the 
head  of  a  Hsb.     Those  liberal  Catholics  are 
disgusted      with     the     bloody     laws    and 
practices  of  the   Church    of    Rome;    they 
wovdd  not,  for  anything,  molest,  insult,  or 
maltreat  a  heretic."    Those  liberal  Catholics 
are  in  favor  of  liberty  and  conscience.     Hut 
the  clergy  hate    and"  fear  them.     Had  this 
class  of  liberal  Catholics  been  numerous  in 
Quebec,  I  would  not  have  had  any  trouble. 
Hut  Quebec  is,  with  a  very  few  exceptions, 
composed   of   true,   real,    sincere,    de\oted 
Catholics.      They    believe    sincerely,  with 
your   grand    St.  "Thomas,    and    with    your 
"Roman  Catholic  Church,  that  heretics  like 
Chiniquy  have  no  right  to  live;  that  it  is  a 
good  work  to  kill  them. 

This  riot  of  Quebec,  seen  with  the  light 
of  the  teachings  of  St.  Thomi-.,  the  Coun- 
cils of  Lateran,  Constance  and  the  \'atican, 
show  that  your  letter  to  the  (leneral  As- 
sembly of  our  Presbyterian  Church  is  one 
of  thegreatest  blunders  that  your  lordship 
has  ever  made.  The  dust  you  wanted  to 
throw  int(^  the  eyes  of  my  Presbyterian 
brethren  i^  all  on  your  face,  to-dav,  as  dark. 


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liidcou>  sp()t>.  \'<)ur  fi'irul-<  >iiut.M'.!\  f.i'l 
ffir  voiir  iiiisfortiiiu'. 

For,  mv  lent,  Ihori.'  i>  ii  xoici.'  in  tlu' 
stoiifs  thrown  ill  iiK';  tlifiv  is  n  \  oico  in  ilu' 
liriiisfs  whith  COM.'!-  in\  «.lioulilcr>  mikI  inv 
lieail,  tlieiv  is  ;i  \  oici,'  ,i!-,()  in  iju'  hiood  -lied 

1\V  tllf    friLMul     who     .-.IWli     lll\      li£r     ;||      llir 

ptM-i!  of  hi>  own,  which  sivais".-,  IoiuI't  iiiui 
iiion- i.'!o(|in.iill\  tliaii  _\  oil,  to  ^j\  tliiit  son 
iiavi'  faiit'd  in  voiir  aticni]<t  ts  defend  \'our 
fhurch  a:L4aiiist  wliat   I  >aid  at    tlii-  (iriu'ra! 

As.stM)ll)l\  . 

Tliat  \oii  nia\  iK-tlcr  und(.'i--land  this, 
aiul  that  _\<)ii  niav  he  a  little  wm^vv  iiiode<1 
liereafler  on  that  >-iihjei-l,  I  seiutvoii  h\  the 
hands  of  the  N'euerahle  Secivtai\  ot"  our 
<;eneral  .\>seinhl_v.  tlie  Keve'rend  Mr. 
.Riid,  I).  1).,  one  of"  the  huiuhed-  ol  slf>ne> 
Avliich  wounded  iik\  with  a  jiarl  of  liie 
JiandkeiTJiief  reddeiU'tl  with  'he  hiood  of 
Mr.  Zolit|iie  Lefeln  ri',  IS.  C  .,  who  re- 
eeiveii  si:;  wounds  on  Ids  faee,  when  heroie- 
aily  standing-  In  nie  in  tiiat  hour  of  sii- 
jireiiie  danger  for  inv  life. 

I'lease  look  at  that  stone,  look  at  that 
i)looil  also;  thev  will  te.ich  \ou  a  lesson 
Avhieh  ills  (juite  time  for  _\oii"aiul  all  the 
priests"  to  learn.  'rhe_\  will  tell  vou  that 
„-*ir>iir  C'hureh  of  Rome  is  the  same  U)-da\ 
as  she  was  when  she  slauylitered  the  hiiii- 
dreds  of  thousands  of  I'iednionlese  with 
the  sword  of  Frame :  that  stone  and  that 
hiood  will  tell  vou  what  e\erv  one  knows, 
JU^ioiiii  the  diseiples  of  the'  (Jospel.  that 
vour  eluiiTh  .)f  to-dav  is  the  \  erv  same 
tluin;li  which  planned  the  massaeres  of  .St. 
Itartholomew,  the  i;iinpow(ler  jdot,  the  re- 
\ ocation  of  the  Fdiet  of  Nantes,  aiul  the 
«leaths  of  more  than  half  a  millioi.  of 
Freneh  Hui^iionols  on  tneir  wav  to  exile. 
That  stone  and  that  hiood  will  tell  von  that 
voiir  tluirch  to-da\,  is  the  same  as"she  was 
when  she  lighted  the  ti\e  thou.saiui  auto-' 
<!a-fes,  where  ten  millions  ot  inart\  rs  lost 
their  lives  in  all  the  great  cities  of  Europe, 
before  (iod  raised  the  German  giant  w  ho 
gave  it  the  deadiv  hlow   sou  know . 

Please,  mv  lord,  put  that  stone  and  that 
blood  in  one  of  the  most  conspicuous 
place  of  vour  palace,  that  sou  ina\  look  at 
them  w  hen  the  devil  vvilj  come  "again  to 
throw  vou  into  some  ignondnious  and  in- 
extriiahle  slough,  as  the  one  into  w  hich 
you  fell  in  your  courageous  hut  >  ain  at- 
tempt to  refute  me. 

When  that  father  of  lies  w  ill  try  again  to 
make  use  of  your  pen  to  deny  the  blootiv 
laws  and  bloody  dct'df^  of  your  church,  sou 
will  tell  him,  "  (iet  thee  lience,  Satan,  for 
it  is  written  in  our  most  appro\  ed  hook  of 
theology,  St.  Thomas,  that  '  we  must  ex- 
terminate all  the  heretics.'  (iet  thee 
iience,  Satan ;  for  \ou\vill  not  an\  more 
induce  me  to  call  old  Chinitpn  in.sane  for 
saying  that  our  church  is  as  blood  v  as  ever; 
for  it  is  written  in  the  Council  of  Lateran 
that  those  who  arm  themselves  for  the  ex- 
terndnation  of  heretics  are  as  blessed  bv 
God  as  those  who  went  formalh  to  the 
rescue  of  the  Holy  I^and.'" 

Yes,  my  lord;  keep  that  stone  and  that 
blood    before    \our    eves,    and    when    I    or 


sonuboily  else  will  .igain  w.irnthe  disciples 
of  the  (iospel  against  the  dangers  ahead 
from  Rome,  \  ou  wjll  not  compromise 
yourself  an\  more  In  w  riting  things  which 
are  not  only  against  "all  the  records  of  his. 
tor\,  hut  against  the  public  teachings  of  all 
\o,ir  po)  I's,  \oiu-  councils,  and  your  theo- 
lo!4ians. 

\\'it!i  that  blood,  before  \our  i\i's,  the 
de\il  will  lose  iiuiih  of  his  power  o\er  \ou 
and  lie  fort'eil  to  gi\c  up  his  old  tac-tic"-  of 
making  xoii  iK'ny,  ileiiy,  dein ,  the 
most  e\  iiient  fads,  and  tl'u'  niosi"  u:iim- 
peachable  records  (,f  historv. 

My  dear  i'.ishop  I.\ncli,  before  taking 
iea\eofyou  this  ila\,  allow  me  to  ask  a 
fiivor  from  \our  lordshi)).  if  \(ni  grant  it, 
I  will  retrait  what  I  ha\esaii!()f  tlie  anti- 
social and  aiiti-C'hristi;ni  law  s  and  ]»ractii'es 
of  \  our  church. 

Let  \<iur  lorilsliip  ,sa_\  aniilbemas  to  the 
Councils  of  Constaiu-e  and  Lateran  /or  the 
ilecrees  of  banishment  and  death,  they 
passed  over  all  those  who  differed  in  relig- 
ion from  them.  Tell  us,  in  jilain  aiitl  gooil 
Fnglish,  that  you  condemn  those  Councils 
for  the  burning  of  John  IIuss,  and  the 
blood  they  caused  to  be  shed  all  over  Ku- 
rope,  uniier  the  i)retext  of  religion  ;  tell  us 
that  those  Councils  were  the  greatest  ene- 
mies of  the  (iospel  th.'d  instead  of  being 
guided  by  the  spirit  of  God,  they  were 
guided  by  the  spii-it  of  Satan,  when  they 
caused  so  ma  ^y  millions  of  men,  women, 
and  children  to  be  slaughtered  for  refusing 
to  obey  the  I'ope. 

.\iul  when  you  will  Iiave  condemned  the 
action  of  the  depra\  ed  men  who  composed 
those  Councils,  you  will  honestly  and 
bravely  declare  that  your  'I'homas  Acpiin- 
as.  instead  of  being  a  saint,  was  a  bloodv 
monster,  w  hen  he  w  rote  that  the  Church  <)f 
Christ  is  to  deliver  the  heretics  to  the  .sec- 
ular power  to  be  exterminated  I 

Tell  us  also,  that  the  present  Pope  Leo 
.\  n  1.  ought  to  be  the  object  of  the  execra- 
tion of  the  whole  world  for  having  lately 
ordered  that  that  bloody  monster's"  theohi- 
yiy  should  be  taught  "in  all  the  '-oUegcs, 
academies,  seminaries,  and  universities  of 
the  Church  of  Rome,  all  over  the  world,  as 
the  best,  truest,  and  most  reliable  exponent 
of  the  doctrines  of  the  Church  of  Christ. 

If  you  grant  me  the  favor  I  ask,  w  ,■  will 
believ  e  that  \our  lordship  was  honest  when 
you  denied  w  hat  I  said  of  the  savage,  cruel 
and  diabolical  laws  and  practices  of  the 
Church  of  Rome  toward  the  heretics.  But 
if  _\oii  refuse  to  grant  my  recpiest,  we  will 
believe  that  you  are  still",  in  heart  and  will, 
subndtted  to  those  laws  and  practices,  and 
that  you  tried  to  dei'eive  us,  after  ha\  ing 
deceived  yourself,  when  you  presented 
\our  bloodthirsty  church  with  the  rose 
colors  we  lind  in  your  letter  to  our  General 
Assembly. 

Fn  my  next,  I  will  give  you  the  proofs  of 
what  I  said  about  the  idolatr\  of  vour 
church,  and,  with  the  help  of  God,  fwill 
refute  w  hat  \ou  said  to  defend  her  prac- 
1ici.'s.     Trul\   \ours.      * 

C.  CHIMQIV. 


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